Local colleges welcome more women than men on campus

UC, NKU, Xavier welcome more freshmen this fall

1:58 PM,
Aug. 26, 2013

Abby Grumewald, 18, from Minnesota, in Husman Hall at Xavier University

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As tens of thousands of students pour onto college campuses around Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky this week, most of them will be women.

"I think every college and university would like to see it equal, but the reality is it's closer to 60-40," said Peggy Minnich, admissions director at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Delhi Township.

For several generations, women have enrolled in college at a higher rate than men, and once they get there, more of them stay there. ...